Device for coring



G. NIKOLOW.

DEVICE FOR CORING APPLES. APPLlcATmN F1LED APR.15.1918.

Patented June 4,1918. A

UNITED STATES GEORGE NIKOLOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR CORIN G APPLES.

Specicatoinof Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1918.

Application filed April 15, 1918. Serial No. 228,670.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE NrKoLow, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Coring' Apples, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for coring apples and consists of a simple and efiicient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangementsof parts which will be hereinafter fully clescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specica-tion and in which:

Figure l is an elevation of the device part being shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view, and

Fig. 3 is a. sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A designates a plate forming the base of the device, and A is a platform supported above and spaced apart from the plate and is provided with a circular outlined aperture L. C is a cylindrical pin rising from said plate and passing centrally through the aperture in the platform. Rising from said plate is a standard E carrying a. pivotal pin F, upon which the arm H is pivoted. A spring N is fastened at its lower end upon the upper side of said plate, and its other end is secured at O to the under surface of the arm H, the purpose of said spring being to support yieldingly said arm. lSaid arm is provided with a series of perforations H', forming means whereby the arm may be held in different positions relative to the pin F. Said arm has an integral hook K formed near its free end which is adapted to impale the apple, shown in dotted lines, and hold the same over the pin C in readiness to have the core punched therefrom. The arm H, which has a handle H6, is rovided with a curved portion H2, passing about a portion of the cylinder S in which the reciprocating punch T works, and is fastened thereto in any suitable manner. The punch has a collar T* thereon and which is adapted to limit its movement upwardly, and T5 is a coiled spring mounted within the cylinder and bearing intermediate the bottom and said collar, and serving to hold the punch normally at its highest limit. A threaded cap S2, fitted over the cylinder through which the punch passes, has a longitudinal passageway T2 therein with an exit end Tx where the cores are rejected.

In operation, the apple is placed upon the platform A centrally over the pin C, after which the operator by taking hold of the handle upon the arm, depresses the latter against the tension of the spring N. As the hook K comes in contact with the apple and further pressure is applied, the apple will be impaled by said hook and held in proper position to lhave the core removed, which is accomplished by depressing the punch causing the same to pass through the center of the apple and telescoping over the pin. Then pressure is removed from the arm, the parts will return to their original positions and the operation may be repeated, each succeeding core serving to force the previous ones through the passageway T2.

W hat I claim to be new is:

A device for coring apples, comprising a base with a cylindrical outline, a pin rising therefrom, a platform supported upon the base and provided with an opening through which the'pin projects, a spring pressed arm pivotally mounted upon said platform and terminating 1n a downwardly extending hook, a cylinder secured to said erm, a In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my spring pressed punch mounted in sind eyln signature in presence of two witnesses.

der, said hook adapted to hold and engage GEORGE NIKOLOW. the apple over the opening in the platform Witnesses:

5 while the core is remo-ved by forcing the JOHN J. HoEoKH, punch throggh the apple aendover said pin, FRED LOBEY.

Copies of me patent may be obtained for` five, cent1 euh, by addressing the commissioner of Patents.

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